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DoughPress – Friday night pizza making at home.

March 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Food

  Last night’s pizzas ended up pretty awesome.  I cheated on the dough and just bought some pre-made stuff from Wegman’s, which is actually really good.  If you don’t know of the place, Wegmans is a grocery store located mostly in Western New York (Buffalo area) that offers a bit more variety and a different [...]

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Kitchen Myths – debunked!

July 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Food

Shared courtesy of LifeHacker, as usual: Kitchen Myths. Particularly useful is the info about bananas!  Now let’s see how long it takes the Interwebs to debunk this debunker.  You know it will happen. Great info, though!

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Equipment: How to Buy a Wok | Serious Eats

June 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Food

I think pretty much any wok beats the $8 Ikea one I purchased many moons ago.  The thing WORKS, but how well?  Not very, trust me. Equipment: How to Buy a Wok | Serious Eats.

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Home Cooking for Sale – NYTimes.com

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Food

Interesting article about the people who sell their home cooked food items at flea markets and other places.  It’s going to be very regulated soon, but up until now it’s really flown under the radar.  I hope in places outside of the metro New York, Boston, &tc. still get a change to build this up [...]

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Focaccia win!

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Food

Wow – I’m just in awe of how well this bread came out.  Using overnight retardation of the rise really helped.  I followed the recipe in The Bread Baker’s Apprentice.  The crust came out nice and flaky and the crumb was moist.  I didn’t bake it more than 12 or so minutes at 450-500 due [...]

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